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Diagram illustrating Hooke's law with three vertical springs: the first spring is unstretched, the second is stretched by a force F with extension x, and the third is stretched further by force 2F with extension 2x, showing the proportional relationship between force and extension.

Figure 7: Transverse motion of an initially straight beam, shown at left as an elastic line and at right as a solid of finite section (see text).

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Diagram illustrating Hooke's law with three vertical springs: the first spring is unstretched, the second is stretched by a force F with extension x, and the third is stretched further by force 2F with extension 2x, showing the proportional relationship between force and extension.

Hooke's law

Hooke's law, F = kx, where the applied force F...

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Figure 7: Transverse motion of an initially straight beam, shown at left as an elastic line and at right as a solid of finite section (see text).

Figure 7: Transverse motion of an initially straight beam, shown at left as an elastic...

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